The nation’s largest transportation technology association, the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America), announced today that it has selected 25 live demonstrations that will bring the future of transportation to life at the 18^th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems in Orlando, FL on October 16-20.

U.S. DOT and a host of private sector companies will display the realm of possibilities for “Connected Vehicles” and other technologies that will lower driving costs, reduce traffic congestion, improve travel safety and reduce emissions. These next generation solutions are examples of a growing industry that is helping to improve our nation’s infrastructure while promoting economic recovery and development.

All 25 demonstrations will be a part of the 18^th World Congress’ interactive Technology Showcase that attendees will be able to experience at the Orange County Convention Center and in the local community. The Technology Showcase this year has been organized into themed “villages” that highlight a specific use or application for areas including Safety, Mobility, Environment/Sustainability and Pricing.

The Safety Village will focus on advanced technologies designed to prevent or reduce accidents and improve overall traffic safety that include lane-keeping technologies as well as collision avoidance systems. Serving to help drive our economy, the Mobility Village will display solutions for cities and states that reduce congestion and keep people and goods moving through integrated network and system improvements that will ultimately ease travel times.

The Environment/Sustainability Village will demonstrate automated traffic management and incident management systems that have proven to cut traffic congestion pollution caused by roadway incidents. The Pricing Village will exhibit technologies designed to make travel more predictable, reliable and less congested through innovations such as universal electronic tolling and demand based congestion pricing.

The following companies and their demonstrations are listed below. Attendees should visit the demonstrator booth for information on ticketing unless stated otherwise. Attendees must be registered for the World Congress to participate in the demonstrations:

Many of the demonstrations in the Technology Showcase will be focused around the Connected Vehicle Technology Test Bed for Connected Vehicles, people and infrastructure. Connected Vehicle technologies allow cars to avoid crashes by communicating with each other and the roadway infrastructure. Using GPS, WiFi sensors and a special Federal Communications Commission approved short-range radio frequency, these vehicles share safety information in real-time and drivers receive safety warnings when there is a risk of a crash or other safety hazard. The U.S. DOT estimates that these technologies have the potential to reduce accident fatalities by a staggering 81 percent in all unimpaired driver related crashes.

This Connected Vehicle Test Bed infrastructure will remain in place after the World Congress, positioning Central Florida as national research test bed for the growing intelligent transportation industry.

Join us in Orlando this October to experience the cutting-edge of transportation with industry leaders and decision makers from across the globe. To register, please visit the website at http://www.itsworldcongress.org.